Muhammad Ramadhan Sananta (born 27 November 2002) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a striker for Liga 1 club

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and the Indonesia national team.

Club career

Persikabo 1973

He was signed for Persikabo 1973 to play in the Liga 1 in the 2021 season. Sananta made his league debut on 3 February 2022 in a match against

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at the

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PSM Makassar

Sananta was signed for

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to play in Liga 1 in the 2022–23 season. He made his league debut on 15 August 2022 in a match against RANS Nusantara at the

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. On 29 August 2022, Sananta scored his first league goal for PSM Makassar with scored a brace in a 5–1 win over

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at Parepare. On 10 September 2022, he scored the opening goal in a 3–0 home win over

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. On 14 January 2023, Sananta scored a brace in a 4–0 win over

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; the latter result saw PSM Makassar move to 1st position in the

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. On 25 January, he coming as a substitutes for

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and made his first assist to Everton Nascimento in PSM's 4–2 away lose over

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. Five days later, Sananta scored equalizer in a 3–1 home win over RANS Nusantara. On 9 February, he scored in a 4–1 over

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. Five days later, Sananta scored another equalizer in a 2–1 away win over Persib at

, with his 1 goal, he has scored a total of 3 goals in the two encounters that led to Persib's two defeats against PSM Makassar. On 19 February, Sananta scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win over

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, at the age of 20, he is the only purely local striker competing in the Liga 1 top scorer list this season. On 9 March, Sananta scored another the winning goal in a 0–1 away win over former club Persikabo 1973, scoring a

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in the injury time of second half. This result makes PSM Makassar likely to win the 2022–23 Liga 1 with nine consecutive wins, while equaling

's record in

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Persis Solo

On 8 June 2023, Sananta signed a two-years contract with

. Sananta made his club debut on 17 June 2023 in a pre-season friendly against

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club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, also scored his first goal for the club, opening the scoring in a 1–2 lose. And scoring again in another friendly match against

a week later. Sananta made his league debut on 1 July 2023 and scored his first league goal in a 2–3 lose over Persebaya.

International career

Youth team

In April 2023, Sananta was called up to the Indonesia U22 for the training centre in preparation for

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. Sananta made his international U22 debut on 14 April 2023 in a friendly match against Lebanon U22 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta. On 4 May 2023, Sananta scored his first international goal for Indonesia U22, scoring a brace in a 5–0 win against Myanmar U22 in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games group stage. He continued his good form with the opening goal, scoring a header in a 3–0 victory over Timor-Leste U22 three days later, sending Indonesia to the semi-final match. On 16 May 2023, Sananta scored another brace in a final match against Thailand U22, in a 5–2 victory after extra time, and also winning the gold medal after a long wait of 32 years in the

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. With a total of 5 goals, he became the top scorer along with his team-mate

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and Vietnamese player Nguyễn Văn Tùng.

Senior

On 24 September 2022, Sananta made his first cap for the Indonesia national team for a friendly match against Curacao in a 3-2 win. In December 2022, Sananta was included in the final 23-man squad for the

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. On 26 December, Sananta scored his debut goal against

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in a 7–0 win on the group stage. On 12 October 2023, Sananta scored a brace against Brunei in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He scored again in the second leg on 17th October 2023. Sananta was included in the

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final squad. However he was never included in any of the match line-ups, as assistant coach

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claimed that Sananta has an unfit condition throughout the tournament. On 26 March 2024, Sananta scored a goal against

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in a 3–0 victory in the 2026 FIFA World Cup second round qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club

;Notes

International

International goals

International under-23 goals International senior goals

Honours

PSM Makassar * Liga 1: 2022–23 Indonesia U-23 *

gold medal:

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* AFF U-23 Championship runner-up:

Individual *

Top Goalscorer:

* AFF U-23 Championship Team of the Tournament:

* Liga 1 Young Player of the Month:

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References

External links

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Ramadhan Sananta
at Liga Indonesia {{DEFAULTSORT:Sananta, Ramadhan 2002 births Living people Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Indonesian men's footballers Persikabo 1973 players PSM Makassar players Persis Solo players Men's association football forwards Indonesia men's international footballers Indonesia men's youth international footballers People from the Riau Islands Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia 2023 AFC Asian Cup players